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An employee works on the tail of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the production line at the company’s final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina.
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Boeing On Tuesday, it warned of a new flaw in its 787 Dreamliners and that it would delay deliveries of the wide-body jets, the manufacturer’s latest production issue.
“We are examining the 787 aircraft in our inventory for a nonconformity related to the installation on the horizontal stabilizer,” Boeing said in a statement. “Aircraft found in the event of non-conformity will be reworked before the ticket and delivery.”
The problem discovered by Boeing is related to the small distances in the horizontal stabilizer. Boeing said it was not a matter of flight safety and that operational aircraft could continue to operate. Boeing said near-term deliveries would be delayed by about two weeks.
The problem is the latest in a series of manufacturing issues on Boeing’s planes that have slowed if not paused deliveries of some planes, just as airlines are clamoring for new planes to take advantage of the travel boom.
Boeing paused deliveries for several weeks earlier this year due to a separate problem with a fuselage component on some 787s. The company said the latest issue does not currently affect Boeing’s full-year outlook for Dreamliner deliveries. Boeing has estimated it will deliver between 70 and 80 aircraft this year.
The company also had to reconfigure some of its best-selling 737 MAX aircraft this year due to mounting issues in some of the aft airframes, which were made by Spirit Air Systems.
Boeing shares fell sharply on the news but largely recovered, ending the day down 0.7% at $207.29.
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